Epic

Shooter · Simulatorby Digital Image DesignReleased Dec 1992

Epic is a science fiction-based flight simulator developed by Digital Image Design and released for the Amiga and the Atari ST published by Ocean in late spring 1992. It was later released for PC systems. Years in the works and heavily inspired by Battlestar Galactica, this space opera game tells the story of the evacuation of mankind through the territories of the evil Rexxons. The game features eight levels of space flight action shooting. For instance navigate your vessel through a minefield within a timelimit. Or destroy the communication arrays of the Raxxons on the planet itself. Although gameplay is limited, the vector graphics are impressive and so are the cutscenes. You can look at your spacecraft from 6 diffent perspectives. The game is best played using the mouse. The action is viewed from the cockpit.